Advancing sustainable Polymers in Lisbon From today and throughout the event, the BIOPOLY Cluster is participating in the Polymers 2026 Conference in Lisbon, one of the leading international forums dedicated to the latest advances in polymer science and engineering. Organized by SETCOR, Polymers 2026 brings together researchers, industry leaders, and innovators from around the world […]
Topic: From waste to performance: designing bio-based polymers for real applications On April 17, 2026, POLYMERS-5B actively participated in the BIOPOLY Cluster webinar titled “From waste to performance: designing bio-based polymers for real applications”. The online event brought together leading experts from the BIOPYRANIA, POLYMEER, and POLYMERS-5B projects to explore how bio-based polymers derived from […]
On 3 February 2026, iBB/IST-ID, a partner and member of the Polymers-5B project, participated in the Técnico Innovation Summit 2026, showcasing research projects with clear pathways to market uptake. Showcasing biopolymers and advanced demonstrators At the Summit, iBB presented demonstrators developed in-house, including: “Our bioengineering tools are designed to translate research into real-world solutions.” – […]
On 2 December 2025, Branka Pilic from the Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, represented the POLYMERS-5B project at the Horizons of Innovation Forum 2025, held at the Novi Sad Science & Technology Park. The forum gathered 324 participants from 22 countries, including researchers, innovators, institutional representatives, companies, investment funds, and international […]
Accelerating Innovation in Bio-based Polymers for a Circular Future The POLYMERS-5B project is thrilled to announce the successful official launch of the BIOPOLY Cluster, a new collaboration aimed at accelerating innovation in sustainable, bio-based polymers. The online event, titled Introducing the BIOPOLY Cluster: Accelerating Innovation in Bio-based Polymers, took place on November 6, 2025, from […]
Accelerating Innovation in Bio-based Polymers We announce the launch of the BIOPOLY Cluster, the new collaboration between three pioneering CBE-JU-funded projects — POLYMEER, BIOPYRANIA, and POLYMERS-5B — all dedicated to advancing innovation in sustainable, bio-based polymers. To mark this milestone, the BIOPOLY Cluster will host its official launch webinar,“Introducing the BIOPOLY Cluster: Accelerating Innovation in […]
POLYMERS-5B participated in SentiaTech 2025, the first edition of the congress held in Valencia, Spain, on 21–22 October 2025. The event brought together key stakeholders, researchers, and policy actors working on innovative methodologies for sustainability and safety in advanced materials and technologies. During the congress, the POLYMERS-5B project actively engaged with parallel initiatives applying the […]
On October 17, 2025, Dr. Branka Pilić had the honour of presenting a plenary lecture titled “Design and Processing of Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers for Advanced Applications: Integrating Experimental Strategies and the POLYMERS-5B Vision” at the XVI International Symposium “Novel Technologies and Sustainable Development”, held in Leskovac, Serbia. The Symposium, organized by the Faculty of […]
POLYMERS-5B proudly participated in K 2025, the world’s leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, thanks to the valuable collaboration and support of BONLEX EUROPE S.R.L. and CENTIMFE – Technological Center for Mouldmaking, Special Tooling and Plastic Industries. Under the inspiring theme “The Power of Plastics”, K 2025 once again confirmed its role […]
At the 23rd Baltic Polymer Symposium (October 1–3, 2025), PhD , senior researcher at the Polymer Laboratory of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (LSIWC), delivered a keynote presentation on bio-based vitrimers: Design and characterisation of bio-based β-amino polyester resins with reprocessable thermoset behaviour. Miķelis Kirpļuks Program here: https://woodval.taltech.ee/bps2025-conference-program/ Vitrimers are thermosetting polymer materials […]
